High Achieving Women Changing Last Names Post Wedding

infinity ag

10:06a, 4/12/24

This is a question for the ladies.

I am always surprised when high profile women like many in sports who have achieved a lot, female movie stars, women in business etc change their names when they get married. Some do so before they become famous or high-profile.

What is the thinking? Why do they do so? Do they or do they not think it is against feminism? Do they struggle with this? How do they reconcile? Even many feminist women do this.

I am a man, I could never change my name. My wife changed her last name to mine. I actually like it, makes me feel she is committed to me. This was of course 20+ years ago.

Maybe women are more adjusting/adaptable/flexible than men in things like this?

dabo man

10:11a, 4/12/24

This isn't really my board, but you seem to have some pretty serious issues with women. I'm interested to see how this thread goes down.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd

10:20a, 4/12/24

i knew a guy who combined the letters of his name with the letter of his wife name to form a new name. He was from washington state. What a ****.

nai06

10:22a, 4/12/24

My wife didn't change her name after we got married and I didn't really care. It made sense for a lot of reasons for including the value of her name.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd

10:23a, 4/12/24

Dont understand the point of getting married if youre going to be in two different families.

Unemployed

10:24a, 4/12/24

Maybe they just want to have the same last name as their children.

Ghost of Bisbee

10:47a, 4/12/24

In reply to dabo man

dabo man said:
This isn't really my board, but you seem to have some pretty serious issues with women. I'm interested to see how this thread goes down.

Hunch is OP is Bombay Ag

Always posting unusual threads related to women

Spicy McHaggis

10:57a, 4/12/24

Feminist women love Eminem

Carlo4

10:59a, 4/12/24

Just remind those women that they would rather have their dad's name instead of your husband...

that goes over REALLY well with them.

Ginormus Ag

11:16a, 4/12/24

My wife took my name because it made her name better and she moved up in the alphabet since it begins with A.

Her sister married a guy with hyphenated last name and kept her maiden name. So she goes by Dr. B_______ E_____-L________. Feminism is stupid.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd

11:17a, 4/12/24

Im not sure its specifically feminism, it might just be good old fashion disdain for christianity and western civilization. So hot right now.

EastSideAg2002

11:21a, 4/12/24

In reply to dabo man

dabo man said:
This isn't really my board, but you seem to have some pretty serious issues with women. I'm interested to see how this thread goes down.

You should cross post this to F16 for upping the fun factor.

Flashdiaz

11:35a, 4/12/24

what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?

Ragnar Danneskjoldd

11:39a, 4/12/24

In reply to Flashdiaz

Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?

Look at dude's butts, probably.

Claude!

11:42a, 4/12/24

In reply to Flashdiaz

Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?

A colleague of mine took his husband's name. My uncle kept his bachelor(?) name. Based on those anecdotes, I can only assume that they flip a coin and are bound by whatever it lands on.

Flashdiaz

11:57a, 4/12/24

In reply to Ragnar Danneskjoldd

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?
Look at dude's butts, probably.

I specifically put "in regards to the last name when they get married?" to specifically limit references to dude's butts.

txags92

12:03p, 4/12/24

My wife took my last name, but kept her last name as her middle name.

Alpha Man

12:09p, 4/12/24

As long as she does the cooking, cleaning, and me, I don't care what she calls herself.

AggieArchitect04

12:10p, 4/12/24

In reply to Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said:
Feminist women love Eminem

Dad-O-Lot

12:29p, 4/12/24

My wife's maiden name was 13 letters long.

My last name is 4 letters long.

She happily changed her name.

People of integrity expect to be believed, when they're not, they let time prove them right.

JMac03

12:53p, 4/12/24

In reply to Flashdiaz

Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?

Many do a hyphenated last name.

My close friends did hyphenated, but their original last name is first.

So like

A_____ B____-C ______
and
A_____ C____- B______

maroon barchetta

1:13p, 4/12/24

I met a couple a while back that have a hyphenated last name.

He added her last name to his and she added his to hers.

It's odd.

Ags4DaWin

1:31p, 4/12/24

In reply to JMac03

JMac03 said:
Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?
Many do a hyphenated last name.

My close friends did hyphenated, but their original last name is first.

So like

A_____ B____-C ______
and
A_____ C____- B______

That's just dumb.

Do the kids have hyphenated last names?
If so do her daughters have 2 hyphens when they get married? Or do they drop one of the hyphens?

Why would a woman who hates the patriarchy want to keep her oppressive father's last name?

Why would a woman who hates the patriarchy want to get legally bound to a man in the first place?

Seriously- if you have that many issues please just remove urself from the dating pool and make life easier for the rest of us men.

^^ and by this I don't mean jmac but women who have issues following traditional cultural norms^^

boy09

1:33p, 4/12/24

In reply to Ragnar Danneskjoldd

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:
Dont understand the point of getting married if youre going to be in two different families.

Tax breaks

maroon barchetta

1:38p, 4/12/24

In reply to Ags4DaWin

JMac is married so she's technically removed from the dating pool. [/ackshually guy]

Ags4DaWin

2:01p, 4/12/24

In reply to Ags4DaWin

Bruce Almighty

2:02p, 4/12/24

In reply to Ghost of Bisbee

Ghost of Bisbee said:
dabo man said:
This isn't really my board, but you seem to have some pretty serious issues with women. I'm interested to see how this thread goes down.

Hunch is OP is Bombay Ag

Always posting unusual threads related to women

This is correct.

fc2112

2:28p, 4/12/24

My wife kept her last name but took my first name.

Sure, it's a little confusing, but w like to think outside the box.

jwoodmd

2:30p, 4/12/24

In reply to dabo man

dabo man said:
This isn't really my board, but you seem to have some pretty serious issues with women. I'm interested to see how this thread goes down.

He has some major issue with women. He should return to India so he's fully back in his system and doesn't keep trying to understand more western cultures.

infinity ag

2:38p, 4/12/24

In reply to dabo man

dabo man said:
This isn't really my board, but you seem to have some pretty serious issues with women. I'm interested to see how this thread goes down.

Take it easy man. This is the internet. Things may not be what they seem to be.
I could very well be Ranger65 posting.

infinity ag

2:40p, 4/12/24

In reply to JMac03

JMac03 said:
Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?
Many do a hyphenated last name.

My close friends did hyphenated, but their original last name is first.

So like

A_____ B____-C ______
and
A_____ C____- B______

My older cousin did that. Like "Chris Evert-Lloyd". She hyphenated her maiden last name (which is the same as mine as our dads are brothers) and her husband's last name. Her husband didn't care either way. But now I see everywhere she has her married last name, not maiden last name. I guess it was too long to write.

Tanya 93

2:48p, 4/12/24

In reply to infinity ag

infinity ag said:
JMac03 said:
Flashdiaz said:
what do gay couple's do in regards to the last name when they get married?
Many do a hyphenated last name.

My close friends did hyphenated, but their original last name is first.

So like

A_____ B____-C ______
and
A_____ C____- B______

My older cousin did that. Like "Chris Evert-Lloyd". She hyphenated her maiden last name (which is the same as mine as our dads are brothers) and her husband's last name. Her husband didn't care either way. But now I see everywhere she has her married last name, not maiden last name. I guess it was too long to write.

She uses her maiden name after her divorce

Ragoo

3:15p, 4/12/24

In reply to maroon barchetta

maroon barchetta said:
I met a couple a while back that have a hyphenated last name.

He added her last name to his and she added his to hers.

It's odd.

I've seen where the wife keeps her maiden and hyphens the husbands to the end. So they each share his last name.

maroon barchetta

3:19p, 4/12/24

In reply to Ragoo

Ragoo said:
maroon barchetta said:
I met a couple a while back that have a hyphenated last name.

He added her last name to his and she added his to hers.

It's odd.
I've seen where the wife keeps her maiden and hyphens the husbands to the end. So they each share his last name.

That's pretty common.

Him adding her last name to his so they have an "equal share" of the last name is weird.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd

3:39p, 4/12/24

In reply to maroon barchetta

maroon barchetta said:
Ragoo said:
maroon barchetta said:
I met a couple a while back that have a hyphenated last name.

He added her last name to his and she added his to hers.

It's odd.
I've seen where the wife keeps her maiden and hyphens the husbands to the end. So they each share his last name.

That's pretty common.

Him adding her last name to his so they have an "equal share" of the last name is weird.

Shameful to his ancestors. What disgrace.